Public Bank Bhd and the Institutes of Banks Malaysia (IBBM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to impart training and education through 'The Charted Banker Education Pathway' for its employees. "Our chairman Tan Sri Dr Teh Hong Piow has often said that banking is about peo...

Kenanga Research has lowered JCY International Bhd's net profit forecast for the 2013 and 2014 financial years by 80 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively, to account for a lower gross profit margin assumption. The research house said lacklustre personal computer (PC) demand had sup...

RHB Research maintains its 'Buy' recommendation on KPJ Healthcare Bhd as it favours KPJ's solid long-term fundamentals. It also revised its fair value from RM7.14 to RM7.30.

BEIJING: China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary survey of purchasing managers showed, adding to concerns that a recovery in the world's second-largest economy is sputtering.

Shares in AirAsia Bhd, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline by passenger traffic, were down in early trading on Thursday after the company’s quarterly profit fell sharply. Late on Wednesday, the airline reported a 39.23 per cent drop in first-quarter profit, hurt mainl...

The ringgit was traded sharply lower against the US dollar, in early session, this morning, on lack of buyinginterest, a dealer said.At 9.10am, the local unit was quoted at 3.0345/0375 per greenback, from yesterday's close of 3.0205/0225.The dealer said investors' interest were shifted...

Short-term interbank rates are expected to remain stable today as Bank Negara Malaysia intervenes to absorb excess liquidity from the financial system. The central bank estimated today's liquidity at RM22.343 billion in the conventional system and RM8.561 billion in Islamic funds. Ba...

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened lower, in early trade, on continued selling of heavyweights, dealers said. As at 9.23am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI), declined 2.06 points to 1,781.82, after opening 6.32 points easier at 1,777.56. Comments by US Federal Res...

Hwang DBS Vickers Research (HDBSVR) expects profit-taking activity may drag down the Malaysian market's performance on Thursday.

Malaysia's FBM KLCI opened more than six points lower on Thursday on extended profit taking of key stocks like KL Kepong and banks, ahead of the extended weekend.

GAB released Q3 2013 financial results on 14 May 2013. I have updated its fundamental analysis.

NEW YORK: US stocks Wednesday ended lower following a choppy day of trading as the market weighed exit signals on the Federal Reserve's exceptionally loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 80.41 (0.52 per cent) to 15,307.17. The broad-based S&P 500 gave up 13...